GCSE Grammar Flashcards
‘The dog is big’
Sentence Structure
Subject + Adverb + Verb - Adjectives
My name is Zhang - Translate
wǒxìngzhāng
我 姓 张
I am called Wang Hai - Translate
wǒjiàowánghǎi
我 叫 王 海
I have a dog - Translate
wǒyǒu yī zhīgǒu
我 有 一 只 狗
What are the two translations of ‘but’
可是, 但 是
When / while, followed by main sentence
deshíhòu
…的 时 候
While eating I often watch TV - Translate
吃饭的时候,我常常看电视。
I like reading Chinese books, also like reading English Books - Translate
我喜欢看 中 文书,也喜欢看英文书。
也 Meaning
as well, also
(Because) sports are beneficial to health, so I play basketball with my friends every Tuesday and Thursday - Translate
因为运 动 对 身体好, 所以我每个星期二和星期四都跟 朋 友打篮球
Because (a), So (b)
-Translate
因为(a), 所以(b)
She stayed in France for more than a month - Translate
她在法国 住了一个多月。
六 点 妈 妈 起 床 半 -Order
妈妈六点半起床 。
Mum gets up at 6.30.
妈 妈 六 点 半 起 床 。
- Structure
Daily routine,
subject + time + verb
每天 汽车 学校 坐 我 公共 来 -Order
我每天坐公共汽车来学校
I come to school by bus every day.
我每天坐公共汽车来学校
-Structure
Time + manner + place
Word to Express height
gè zi
个子
My brother is short.
(My brother’s height short)
- Translate
弟弟的个子 很 矮。
He is quite Tall - Translate
他比较高。
His head is extremely big - Translate
他的头非常大。
Do you drink (or not drink) Cola? - Translate
你喝不喝可乐?
When does time come in a sentence?
Always before an action
Mum comes home at 6 - Translate
妈 妈 六 点 回 家。
When do you say 国人 and when do you only use 人?
国人 is for people from a country which is only one syllable (美国人)
人i s for people from a country which has more than one syllable (澳大利亚 人)
English Person - Translate
英国人
Canadian Person - Translate
加拿大人
英语 张红 (name) 学习 喜欢 - Order
张红喜欢学习英语
I am very tired - Translate
我很累
我 很 累 - Structure
Sub. + Adv. + Adj
除 了 A 以 外, Sub + 也 + Verb + Obj - Meaning
Apart From…, Also…
也 除了 学习 妹妹 以外 日语 汉语 - Order
妹妹除了日语以外,也学习汉语
Little Sister apart from study Japanese, also is studying Chinese.
The gym is opposite the playground - Translate
体育馆在操场(的)对面
I think the history teacher is awful, because she often gives us a lot of homework - Translate
我觉得地理老师很厉害,因为她常常给我们很多作业。
I like having Chinese lessons - Translate
我喜欢上汉语课。
只 - Meaning (as an adverb)
Only
I have only one dog
我只有一只狗
What word allows us to make simple comparisons between two nouns?
比
比 Sentence Structure
A 比 B + adj.
The school’s gym is larger than the assembly hall - Translate
学校的体育馆比礼堂大。
Schools in China are extremely larger than those in Britain - Translate
中国的学校比英国的大多了
V+了 - Meaning
talking about an events which has already happened
I ate three bowls of rice and a fish for breakfast today - Translate
今天早上我吃了三碗米饭和一
条 鱼
我们 不好看 校服 太 的 了 - Order
我们的校服太不好看了
Our uniform looks really bad
太 +adjective+ 了 - Meaning
to express ‘too’ or ‘really’
When do we use 几, 多 少
几 is only used for numbers less than ten
多 少 can be used for both large and smaller numbers
How many people are there in China?- Translate
中国有多少人?
的 时 候 - Meaning
When
When I was young - Translate
我年轻的时候
又 … 又 - Meaning
both +adjective… and adjective…
I am both hungry and tired - Translate
我又饿又累
一 边 verb一 边 verb - Meaning
While doing… , doing …
She likes swimming while listening to music - Translate
她喜欢一边 游泳,一边听音乐
Play Table Tennis - Translate
打乒乓球
Play Football - Translate
踢足球
现在三点了
What does 了 mean in this sentence?
A new situation, progression or change of state
When do frequency words (每天,常常, 很 少…) go in a sentence?
Subject + Frequency + Action
My brother plays football for one hour - Translate
我哥哥踢一个小时的足球
多长时间 - Meaning
Used to ask about duration of time
How long do you skateboard everyday? - Translate
你每天玩多长时间滑板?
吧 - Meaning
Can be used at the end of a sentence to make a suggestion to somebody to do something
Let’s go to read some books - Translate
我们去看 书 吧
我们去公园打球 - Structure
Subject + 去 + (somewhere)+ action